Healing through Personal & Collective Transformation: Jezz Chung – Into Healing S2, Ep.3

Into Healing with Mira Kaddoura

Jezz Chung is a multidisciplinary artist exploring personal and collective transformation through race, gender, trauma, disability, and neurodivergence. They’ve been featured by El País, Público, The Cut, Them, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Logo TV, and Made of Millions. Their debut collection, This Way to Change: A Gentle Guide to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation, reflects on their healing journey, from childhood loneliness and neurodivergence to defying societal norms through creative expression. Jezz discusses their experience in advertising, self-compassion, and healing practices like ketamine therapy and EMDR. They emphasize accessibility, storytelling, and collective care as key to healing, highlighting self-acceptance, queerness, and joy as acts of resistance.
⭐️ In this episode, you’ll learn ⭐️
00:00 Introduction to Disability and Healing
00:38 Meet Jezz Chung: Multidisciplinary Artist and Author
01:47 Jezz's Childhood and Struggles with Loneliness
04:07 Navigating ADHD and Seeking Support
09:12 Understanding Depression and Disconnection
26:45 Discovering Queerness and Neurodivergence
30:29 Healing Through Art and Community
51:47 Facing the Future: Embracing Uncertainty
52:28 Questioning the Status Quo: A Call for Change
55:30 Healing Through Friendship and Affirmation
01:07:20 Art as a Path to Connection and Healing
01:18:47 Transforming Harm into Care
01:21:30 The Urgency of Collective Liberation
01:29:09 Embracing Change and Personal Growth
01:35:54 Honoring Queer Elders and Collective Healing
01:43:01 Final Thoughts: Permission to Be Yourself
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📚 Episode References
This Way to Change by Jezz Chung: https://smarturl.it/ThisWaytoChange
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari: https://amzn.eu/d/b3WqFnN
Adrienne Maree Brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/
Mia Mingus: https://www.instagram.com/miamingus
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: https://brownstargirl.org/
Disability Visibility by Alice Wong: https://rb.gy/rwzoc4
Through the Void by Jezz Chung: https://shorturl.at/X1JAE
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler: https://shorturl.at/6OSqO
Grace Lee Boggs: https://w.wiki/3HWr
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